Supreme Court Situation

What can we say about the situation on the Supreme Court: It's desperate.

With Roberts replacing Rhenquist, it's not that much of a change, honestly. It's better than Roberts, a right-wing lawyer, replacing O'Connor, a moderate in favor of Roe v. Wade. What's unsettling is what comes next:

O'Connor could be replaced by our current Attorney General, what-his-face, the Latin fellow. A minority sounds good, whether it's a woman or a racial minority, but there are a handful of minorities that aren't aware that most republicans hate them. Any conservative leanings within whomever replaces O'Connor will tilt the balance of the highest court in the land toward the right. Not a good sign for women, minorities, privacy, voters' rights, science, social programs, etc.

What's even scarier is that there could be one or even TWO more vacancies before Bush leaves office. This could send our country's judiciary backward in time to, say, the prohibition era, slavery, you name it.

Basically, I'm saying "stay alert." Be aware of what's going on with the supreme court. Get political action updates and information from SaveTheCourt.org (http://www.savethecourt.org/). Don't think that Supreme Court Judges are cushy retirement jobs that don't mean much. Without the Supreme Court we'd still have segregated schools and back-alley, illegal abortions.